Image-directed color Doppler ultrasound evaluation of the single kidney after unilateral nephrectomy in adults
✍ Scribed by Gómez-Ansón, Beatriz; Carrero-López, Victor; Díaz-González, Rafael
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 92 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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✦ Synopsis
Renal adaptations occur in the single kidney. The kidney of 21 unilaterally nephrectomized adults was studied with image-directed color Doppler ultrasound (ICDU) and compared with 35 age-matched controls. Kidney volume, standardized kidney volume, hypertrophy, both intrarenal- and main renal artery-resistive indexes were quantified, correlated to each other and correlated to renal function. The influence of age, sex, or time since nephrectomy was also studied. There was a mean hypertrophy of approximately 20%. Intrarenal resistances lay within normal limits for age. There was no correlation between renal function, size, and hemodynamics. Age, sex, and time since nephrectomy had a limited influence on renal adaptations.